32 research outputs found
Foreign Languages for Specific Purposes and Sustainable Human Development in Africa
It would not be preposterous to opine that language and communication play a paramount
role in the quest for development, be it human, social, political, technological and any other
form of development. A paramount role because knowledge, which is the life wire of any
development effort, is acquired through information. Information comes through
communication powered by language. Looking at Africa as a continent, the plurality of
official languages or languages of instruction, through which information flows,
undoubtedly constitutes a barrier to effective human development processes. It is based on
this background that this paper aims at exploring the concept of Foreign Languages for
Specific Purposes (FLSP), a paradigm of human development, which has not been
optimally activated in African educational settings, as against what obtains in the
developed world. The paper begins by defining the concept of Language for Specific
Purposes (LSP), goes further to critically analyse the dividends of international
bilingualism and the possible impact of the learning of FLSP on sustainable human
development in Africa. To conclude, the paper recommends various practical and
pragmatic approaches, which include the establishment of FLSP centers in African
universities and other equivalent institutions of higher learning, as steps towards the
optimal activation of the concept in the continent
Optimal Activation of French for Specific Purposes for Human Development in Nigeria
It would not be far from the truth to say that communication through the use of the natural language plays a paramount role in the quest for development, be it human, social, political, technological and any other form of development. A paramount role because knowledge, which is the life wire of any development effort, is acquired through information. Information comes through communication powered by language. Looking at Nigeria as a country, English which is the official language and language of instruction in schools seems to have become inadequate for a sustainable human development which must take into account new trends in the globalized world. It is based on this background that this paper aims at exploring the concept of French for Specific Purposes (FSP), a paradigm of French studies, which has not been optimally activated in Nigeria as against what obtains in countries such as USA, Britain, Japan etc. The paper begins by defining the concept of French for Specific Purposes and goes further to examine the importance of French in Nigeria. The paper also makes a critical analysis of developmental benefits that are derivable from the optimal activation of this concept in Nigeria. To conclude, the paper recommends various practical and pragmatic approaches, which include the introduction of FSP certificate and diploma programmes in Nigerian universities, as steps towards the optimal activation of the concept in the countr
Cognition,Private Speech and Oral Expression:Implications for Nigerian Learners of French
The acquisition of oral proficiency has always been critical to the teaching and learning of foreign/second language all over the world. Meanwhile, recent researches have suggested that cognitive strategies could be helpful in the learnersâ efforts at acquiring both oral and writing proficiencies in foreign/second languages. After a brief survey of the major theoretical considerations as well as empirical dispositions in the domain of Cognition and private speech as they relate to foreign/second language teaching and learning, we discuss in this article the possible interface between the two concepts as it concerns the learning of oral expression. Essentially, the article views private speech, when employed within the scope of cognitive foreign/second language learning theory, as a veritable and result-oriented strategy to the learning of the oral paradigm of foreign/second languages in general and consequently could impact affectively on the Nigerian learners of Frenc
Recherches en Economie des Langues:Considerations Preliminaires Pour le Francais au Nigeria
Depuis le lancement du concept de lâĂ©conomie des langues, en tant que domaine de recherche, au milieu des annĂ©es 1960, les rĂ©sultats des recherches interdisciplinaires entreprises par des linguistes en collaboration avec des Ă©conomistes ont grandement influencĂ© lâĂ©laboration des politiques linguistiques Ă©ducatives en Europe et en AmĂ©rique du nord plus spĂ©cifiquement. Ce demain de recherche cherche essentiellement Ă juxtaposer les variables Ă©conomiques avec ceux linguistiques. Les rĂ©sultats de cette juxtaposition deviennent un guide potentielle pour le choix dâune langue Ă©trangĂšre (ou seconde) Ă apprendre par des individus en particulier et pour lâĂ©laboration de la politique linguistique dâun pays donnĂ© en gĂ©nĂ©ral. Sâinspirant de ce fondement, cet article fait un survol de quelques travaux thĂ©oriques dans le domaine de lâĂ©conomie des langues et va plus loin pour Ă©laborer des considĂ©rations prĂ©liminaires pour lâĂ©conomie du français au Nigeria. Lâarticle termine par lancer un appel aux linguistes nigĂ©rians de la langue française Ă entrer encollaboration avec des Ă©conomistes nigĂ©rians intĂ©ressĂ©s pour des recherches empiriques qui chercheront Ă dĂ©terminer lâĂ©conomie du français au Nigeria et par consĂ©quent rĂ©invigorer et rĂ©orienter son enseignement et son apprentissage dans le pay
POURQUOI LE MOT CROYEUR NâEST-IL PAS CONSTRUIT ?
La suffixation en âeur agentif est lâun des procĂ©dĂ©s morphologiques considĂ©rĂ©s trĂšs productifs en français. Si productif que soit ce procĂ©dĂ©, la construction des mots nouveaux Ă partir de lui nâest pas alĂ©atoire comme elle est sous-tendue par des RĂšgles de Construction de LexĂšmes bien spĂ©cifiĂ©es dans la littĂ©rature. Cet article, en rĂ©futant la position prise par quelques morphologues qui prĂ©tendent que la dĂ©rivation âcroyeurâ est interdite parce que le verbe de base, âcroireâ, ne satisfait aucune des exigences de lâargument protoagentif, argue que lâ interdiction est le rĂ©sultat du blocage de type, Ă©tant donnĂ© que lâattestation du mot âcroyantâ, construit Ă partir de la suffixation en âant, employable agentivement, remonte de lâĂ©poque Ă lâancien français et par consĂ©quent bloque la possibilitĂ© de la dĂ©rivation de âcroyeurâ qui est issue de la suffixation en âeur agentif
Notes sur les composants suffixés - logiste et - logue du français
This article shows the result of a morphological study of the French suffixes -logiste and -logue. Using an inventory from Trésor de la langue française informatisé, a web-based database of French words, we showed that the pairs morphologue/morphologiste, anthologue/anthologiste, bactériologue/bactériologiste, endocrinologue/endocrinologiste, métrologue/métrologiste, phonologue/phonologiste, etc. are not only morphologically possible but actually exist in contemporary French. In the final analysis, however, we remark that the suffix -logue, as a result of the factor of linguistic economy that favours it, will in no distant future annihilate the use of -logiste in most of the observed scenarios where the two suffixes are still in a strong contention.
Résumé : Dans ce travail, nous avons étudié les deux composants suffixés français -logiste et -logue. Grace à un inventaire du Trésor de la langue française informatisé, nous avons montré que les pairs morphologue/morphologiste, anthologue/anthologiste, bactériologue/bactériologiste, endocrinologue/endocrinologiste, métrologue/ métrologiste, phonologue/phonologiste, etc. sont non seulement morphologiquement possibles mais existent réellement en français contemporain. Dans la derniÚre analyse, cependant, nous avons remarqué que -logue, grùce à son caractÚre de l'accourcissement phonologique - eu égard au principe de l'économie linguistique de dérivation - se démontre capable d'anéantir la plupart des mots en -logiste en les remplaçant par ceux en -logue dans l'avenir
La suffixation agentive et le blocage affixal : le cas du suffixe ââeurââ et ses concurrents morphologiques
In this paper, we carry out a study of the morphological blockage capacity of the agentive âeur suffixation in French. In order to do this, four other agentive suffixes i. e âant, -ier, -iste and âoir are considered to be able to morphologically compete with the suffix âeur, taking into account their individual syntactic and semantic properties. In carrying out the study, we make use of dictionary-based corpus containing a large number of agentive nouns formed with the use of the five suffixes. In the final analysis, it is to be noted that despite some resistance from each of the four competing suffixes, the French agentive suffix âeur, demonstrate a strong capacity to block potential formations by its morphological competitors
RĂ©flexion sur l'autonomie de la morphologie linguistique
Sous les auspices de la grammaire traditionnelle, lâĂ©tude des mots que lâon appelle contemporainement la morphologie jouissait incontestablement dâanalyse autonome. Or, depuis lâinauguration de la linguistique moderne issue du structuralisme saussurien, le sort de la morphologie nâa cessĂ© de subir des suppressions rĂ©ductionnistes. Par consĂ©quent, la morphologie est aujourdâhui traitĂ©e de deux perspectives plus ou moins opposĂ©es: analyse autonome versus analyse dĂ©pendante. AprĂšs avoir survolĂ© les instanciations linguistiques cherchant Ă Ă©tablir le statut scientifique de la morphologie lâarticle confirme modestement le statut autonome scientifique de la morphologie et postule Ă©galement quâaucune branche de la linguistique, la morphologie y comprise, ne jouit dâun statut autonome total
LA SUFFIXATION EN âEUR AGENTIF : PEUT-ON MIEUX GĂNĂRER SES RĂGLES DE CONSTRUCTION DES LEXĂMES ?
La suffixation en âeur agentif est lâun des procĂ©dĂ©s morphologiques considĂ©rĂ©s productifs en français. Pour rendre compte des noms construits Ă partir de ce procĂ©dĂ©, la linguistique contemporaine a recours Ă plusieurs rĂšgles dâaprĂšs des travaux rĂ©cents dans ce domaine. AprĂšs avoir prĂ©sentĂ© les rĂšgles existantes qui sous-tendent la construction des noms issus dudit procĂ©dĂ©, cet article postule une seule rĂšgle capable de rendre compte dâun nombre infini de constructions Ă partir de ce procĂ©dĂ©. La rĂšgle proposĂ©e se justifie par la primautĂ© accordĂ©e aux propriĂ©tĂ©s sĂ©mantiques des verbes qui sont Ă la base de la construction des noms dâagent en question. La prĂ©dominance des propriĂ©tĂ©s sĂ©mantiques rend donc facultatives les propriĂ©tĂ©s syntaxiques
La structure profonde et la modélisation des rÚgles de construction de lexÚmes: l'exemple de cinq suffixes agentifs du français
The advent of the Chomskyan Lexicalist Hypothesis brought about radical theoretical orientations in the field of morphology. One of those orientations is Lexeme-Based Morphology. Primarily, morphologists under the auspices of Lexeme-Based Morphology formulate and describe rules that generate built lexemes. Having observed that most of the morphological rules hitherto formulated revolve most essentially around syntactic rules, we set out in this paper to explore few principles of D-structure of language in the formulation of a rule that can account for the construction of all possible agent nouns arising from five French suffixes (-ant, -eur, -ier, -iste and -oir). We adopt the substratal principle whereby the formation of lexemes is organized around a multidimensional operation which takes into account graphemic, phonological, syntactic and semantic information about both the base and the built lexemes